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opening up another front line after more than a decade of war this time planning an assault via the ballot rather than the battlefield. british military facing up to allegations of torture as an inquiry is shown graphic evidence that iraqis were abused at the hands of u.k. soldiers. and must be called with a clear and credible military threat israel's benjamin netanyahu pulls no punches on iran labeling diplomacy a waste of time calling once again the taking up of taking up of arms against tehran and its alleged nuclear ambitions. eleven am in moscow by mattress
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a good to have you with us here on our team after more than a decade of war hundreds of billions of dollars spent in vast numbers killed we may be about to see the democratic election of a truly stable and even representative government in afghanistan though not quite the one that many expected or maybe even the likes to see here's david cameron. my message to the afghans is that we will want you we choose a stroll safe stable democratic afghanistan living in peace and stability with its neighbors we will that country to be run by the afghans for the afghans with an afghan army and police schools to provide that security and that stability. it may not however take the form that either cameron or many others would have wanted or hoped the taliban in ticket may form a political party in contest the upcoming presidential vote by all accounts it does have a solid chance at the ballot this map shows you the regions that either pose for a taliban comeback or have areas already under taliban control seventeen of them in
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all according to data from the carnegie endowment now earlier i spoke with a former afghan m.p. and political analyst daoud sultanzoy who says that the taliban a must involve if it wants to secure its chances in the country's future. they have to come in spell out their agenda and their their ideology so far has been the old system they want a model out of afghanistan not republic of afghanistan and so far they have not changed that tone and unless they change that the people of afghanistan will not be supporting a taleban that want to reverse things back to to the stone age and we cannot afford that afghanistan has to live in this world at the same time having said that this government has so much so many problems that liston world have lost their credibility in this government has no credibility so in that sort of a situation that taleban had they been smart they would have scored big in the political front but they don't have a political agenda that's why they they're all sort of fumbling but i think the
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taliban can take advantage of this void and fill that vacuum but they have to come forward to a with a winnable strategy to convince the people of afghanistan that the they mean business and they're prepared for the new afghanistan not the old afghans do you think and elected taliban could save face so to speak for the western groups there well they say they may say ok well the taliban is here but this time it's by boat so that's good enough. i think the west is confused the west is looking for an exit a very speedy exit and then. i'm afraid that they will probably do whatever is possible whatever is convenient to put up a very very tedious. and very temporary fix and then leave and then things will go back to where it started that's the problem in that region has to realize that we have to find a sustainable for this problem not
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a temporary face saving thing for the nato to leave and then leave a big problem for afghanistan for the neighborhood raging violence across egypt showing little sign of abating government buildings for seven hundred injured protesters police and the army clash in port saïd after the funerals of those who have already died in the turmoil. but first shocking photos have been shown at a public inquiry into allegations of british troops killed and tortured iraqi soldiers after a firefight in two thousand and four u.k. military denied charges that echo the horrific been suffered by detainees at the hands of u.s. troops in abu ghraib prison artie's pauli boyko reports. victims and families of victims say that british troops took a number of iraqis from the battlefield and then murdered and tortured them but the ministry of defense strenuously deny that british troops are normally killed and the iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to
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the evidence provided by the victims and their families that it's resulted in this very long three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so three years later it's only just coming to fruition and i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights watch u.k. this isn't a first inquiry of its kind of already have this very embarrassing case of the killing of a back in two thousand and three is this potentially another big embarrassment for the british military it would be a big embarrassment if they allowed it to become one which i think is what they obviously do not want to know the embarrassment on the hounds because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations were undertaken against the death of innocence of the civilians they are trying to manage its own particular point and these are people getting away with grave human rights violations including killing without punishment or due process of law standing from rights watching kate thank you very much and of course
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the issue of iraq is a very sensitive one at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has urged in a private memo urged ministers not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year anniversary of the invasion later this month. political scientist with a london school of economics says british and u.s. forces should face up to the crimes they committed during the invasion of iraq. to see these. scoundrels who was killed will continue to come out of this invasion illegal invasion of the country the. united states should be how disposable they have. the. full role five united whom they accuse of the. us is they they. they condemn them so they condemn not citizens killing invading
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as they should also british forces that invaded in. oran air were also long line of r t dot com there you can find the story of the berlin wall still dividing yet again as people clashed with police while protesting against the demolition of what's left of the historic barrier click on our web site to find out what could replace the city's iconic landmark plus. emails and phone calls may not be enough the pentagon looks at ways to transcribe real world conversations into a computer database should you watch your every word from now on find out at r t dot com.
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in egypt city portside locked in a cycle of violence the funerals of those who died in fighting sunday served as a catalyst for yet more clashes government buildings set ablaze and police and the army locked in street battles turmoil started after suspects held over severe football violence last year were moved to prisons outside the city artie's bell true has more from cairo. we're seeing very bloody and chaotic scenes coming from the coastal city of port this comes off to a funeral for three people killed and the ministry of health announced to find people to kill or killed three civilians and two police offices there's also been a very confusing reports of the army and the police fighting each other although we have no confirmation on that the military maintains that the armed forces are in the streets to protect the police and help the police in this situation that is gradually descending this comes ahead of a very important verdict on saturday on this massacre at this point saeed football must go that occurred february last year when the crash actually broke out on
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sunday all to thirty nine of the defendants related to this case that were moved from the prison that they were in families found out about this very angry when security directorates where they started fighting with police even in the funeral imports which is really related towards this verdict on saturday people were chanting against the muslim brotherhood the ruling party here behind the ring party here and also it gets the president there's been a lot of anger in the streets of cairo and also the major cities across the country since the second anniversary of january to do find revolution here on tahrir square is sitting with continues even though security forces attempted to clear it yesterday morning and in fact there's been clashes actually in the capital small clashes on the cornish and what people are saying here is they've seen no change as major economic woes a quarter of the country is below the poverty line people are against this i.m.f. loan the four point eight billion dollars loan that said the president is trying to
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push through they also against the constitution who they say was. drafted by an islamist dominated assembly and in addition we've got parliamentary elections on the horizon that people say you know shouldn't be happening so there's many many grievances here with these clashes erupting across the country and no sign of any of this violence abating anytime soon. anger in cairo further fueled by the visit of the u.s. secretary of state who the opposition was only there to push washington's agenda john kerry then continued on to saudi arabia to send joint warnings to iran and syria as leader journalist neil clark though things align with a country that has no democratic credentials undermines the message. well these autocratic go states the way which the u.s. has to decades maintain each control based very important region having these kind of leaders that the undemocratic leaders in saudi arabia bahrain. the way the u.s. maintain its control of this very strategically important region and of course now
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there's a big problem because these governments these want to crack the regimes and in the gulf are coming under increasing pressure and we see now quite clearly that the u.s. because these great promoters of democracy when it comes to bahrain and saudi arabia not siding with the protest is not signing with the opposition they are in syria on the contrary they sending more military hardware to these countries and they all supporting compound on the opposition a new generation are ready to take the reins of china lacks a little in the way of ambition unprecedented economic growth and a military cash injection see beijing intensify a march toward becoming a superpower our analysis of the national people's congress still to come. plus latvia shows its devotion to the idea of joining the euro zone despite the blocks economic woes critics say though it may be putting bartering its financial safety per for political leverage on this after a short break stay with us. wealthy
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thanks for staying with us here on r t fourteen minutes past the hour now the israeli prime minister has made his feelings clearer than ever on iran benjamin netanyahu tells meeting of the u.s. most influential israeli lobby as negotiations with tara are a waste of time and only military action may make the difference artie's policy or reports on his hawkish message they israeli prime minister is acid again tracing his favorite topic words alone will not stop iran sanctions alone will not stop iran sanctions must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail strong statements from indeed an emboldened by new quick kampala this one yahoo who owns
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the american israel public affairs committee iran is using international negotiations to buy time so it can press ahead with its nuclear program a message he's willing to in the past. how do you stop well you have to put greater pressure on you have to upgrade the sanctions and they have to know that if the sanctions and diplomacy fails they will face a credible military threat that's essential nothing else will do the job. and it's getting closer. so much for the sigh of relief many breeds following last month's parliamentary elections the surprising win by same tempo piece political parties prompted many to believe netanyahu would back down from his threats to strike iran ask those on the street who voted against netanyahu they feel their message was clear take your finger off the trigger in your three to attack iran
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give economic sanctions and diplomacy a chance but analysts on so sure netanyahu has any intention of toning down the rhetoric and the ten year old is a man which is very much concerned about his position in history and he understands that now his third by ministership i'm afraid that one off the wheezes if you would like to foster taking against iran is to place himself at the history of the israeli people and it's making these regular public nervous daniel be an obvious company sells a system that provides ventilation in bomb shelters in times of chemical or biological attacks he says each time it on yahoo mentions he ran the number of queries goes up. some people prefer not to think of the threat but it's a bear and they know it so we have clients just calling to find out about the system but who have difficulty deciding to buy one and then we have some people who
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are more alert these are the people who as soon as there is some tension in the media will call and order the system you know a lot of worry is good for business and that's really help problem in israel we were so many money go. on that matter one is an israeli graphic designer who accidentally created an online movement after posting a facebook message declaring that israel would never bomb iran other israelis quickly created the own posters with the same message and the radiance responded in kind but they're up against netanyahu and he's more powerful message i think a big part of it these people are voting out of fear out of you know being afraid of a walker coming in he's the one you know i think the war will end just a collision about a possible israeli strike on iran is also keeping foreign investors away maybe away we that while war might mean big business for some it spells disaster for others
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policy r t tel aviv. conference also saw hundreds of activists protesting against the u.s. close relationship with israel medea benjamin a human rights campaigner says people should be concerned about the nature of the meeting. apac is really a danger to our national security a pac is pushing the policies of a foreign government in israel which is not always in the interests of the united states and i should say is not always in the interests of the israelis either i think this push towards war with iran is disastrous for everybody in the region as well as us here in the united states we're looking at a conflagration of tremendous proportions so much so that there are those in the u.s. military that are trying to hard to stop this because they know how disastrous the u.s. getting into such a conflict would be in fact it would be very easy for iran to retaliate against u.s. embassies against u.s. troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push
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by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy it's not just talk of war but also talk of money dominating this year as a conference pro israel lobby as one to ensure aid to israel is exempt from the looming u.s. bending cuts we're interested in your opinion on whether the cuts will affect the country let's see how the views are stocking up in our online poll so far so far oh most half the respondents think the israeli lobby it won't allow the funding to be slashed working through legislators about a third hold the opposite view saying all foreign handouts must be reduced across the board regardless given the country's economic situation sixteen percent think the aid is too important to the country survival to actually be cut and a minority just six percent say the lobby will agree to the cuts but only if the us in turn box israel in
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a potential iran strike go online now express your views on our website that's our teeth dot com. austerity protests across europe and government coffers latvia doesn't seem to care the country still formally appealed for membership to the eurozone in two thousand and fourteen. member of the european parliament though says life it may be putting its financial recovery in jeopardy by joining a desperate club. wants to be a member of nato of the e.u.
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the eurozone so want to be member of a big a bloc to i can imagine the e.u. a can imagine with the eurozone at the moment is the joy because. of the crisis in two thousand and ten why devalue in its currency and the economic recovery. actually doing quite well so why does. it have an economic crunch as we come back to you. cannot leave and will has to stay in. a lot of suffering and that is the economic downside to perhaps the political advantage to the number of a bigger club. well still to come on r t when having a home is just too expensive skyrocket the skyrocketing real estate berliners forced out is the highest bidders for more prosperous places brad the prime spots
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still to come. first china's prime minister's open the grandiose national people's congress in beijing this year is more significant than most because they'll be a passing over of power to a new generation of communist party leaders delegates will also rubber stamp the country's economic social and military plans for the future among the aims is continued still on paralleled economic growth plus a ten percent boost to the military spending a good and vironment and anti corruption measures also covered reflecting concern over pollution and abuse of office by senior politicians james corbett editor of a japan based news website says there are a number of topics that came up for the first time. where we saw a couple of the main issues on the table are increasing calls even among the party officials by an increase. in calls for living of regulations on private capital in china's economy and we're also seeing another big
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issue right now is the idea of environmental concerns obviously there's been a lot of problems with air quality in china as they still continue to develop so that's a huge concern in terms of the foreign relations i think that's something we're going to have to see play out in the coming months but we already have indications that there are more people within the party itself that are calling for china to go its own way in the east china sea so we'll see how that develops with japan china and the us realize that their economies are intimately linked at this point and i think that in more ways than they'd like to admit they are actually on the same side of this conflict as it were and i don't think china can allow the the u.s. economy to sink any more than the u.s. economy can cut its ties with i know so on no matter what the political rhetoric might be i think there's actually more collaboration and there is conflict and and that's underscores what's going on in the political arena. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe venezuela's president hugo chavez shover suffering from
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a new serious respiratory infection he recently returned from cuba after cancer surgery now being cared for at a military hospital in the capital caracas rallies in support of the president and protests by the opposition calling for more information about his health have been frequent over the last few weeks. syrian rebels claim to be in near total control of the northern city of raka this comes after days of heavy fighting with the syrian army were holding out at the intelligence headquarters and government troops remain at the airport outside the city but it has emerged showing fighters destroying a statue of the former leader and father of the current president bashar al assad. berliners fear they may soon be forced out of the germany's capital because their income can't keep pace with housing costs real estate becoming unaffordable for locals and people from richer regions are swooping in archy's peter all for reports . who are both sexy. men lovingly described his city.
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now some berliners feel this way of life is coming and the threat there is in here in there if you keep hearing praise we've seen big changes over the past ten years more and more apartment buildings have been built in areas where people traditionally used to rent what we're seeing is people being forced from their homes real estate prices in berlin have shot up by thirty two percent since two thousand and seven well ahead of the german average this is resulted in some tenants of the and victor it is their rented flat this is sold from underneath them prompting anger and demonstrations from those who see the city's identity being sold to the highest bidder isn't. our problem here is that berlin is turning into a city split between the haves and have nots rising prices of forced people who have lived here for years to move out and those who have come makes. this year has
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seen an increase in the amount of protests against the gentrification of lynn as well as growing resentment towards other germans and foreigners moving into the city for the most part the public image of this still poor but sexy however times are changing the new emerging face of berlin is certainly stylish however it's also becoming increasingly an affordable due to the demand from people wanting to live in a desirable location economically viable and politically secure the lynas becoming the place of choice for southern europeans to invest in during turbulent times in their own countries. can't turn sells and rents property to italians on. the town one of the main reason so customers the buying here is that there is no trust in the italian economy. by the banks people see an apartment in berlin as a good way to preserve the value of their staving. was about the claims that the
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real estate boom is stealing the in sold i think it. is a progress berlin is developing sure it presents some challenges but this is just the same as when the wall came down and people moved into new areas and if anything this created the multiculturalism that make spirit and what it is this new housing developments are being built all around the city to try and accommodate demand however with rental prices having risen by ninety percent in the last decade it does seem that the writing is on the wall for the dream of an affordable life in the german capital peter all of the. next the fiscal rants and raves of max kaiser kaiser report.
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john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mentioning the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes when we speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of someplace on earth like course to lowball or walla walla washington the thing is that he didn't just misspeak the speech was written correctly and if you look at his eyes as he said it he wasn't really looking at notes or something he was reading it off of a teleprompter right now i'm reading off a teleprompter but i put every word there myself which is probably why john kerry is spelled with a q but my question is would kerry and prompter master obama just read anything put in front of them to the. even really know the realities of the tiriel their reading and their speeches and who are deeply versed on some subject and you should need to
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read word for word from the teleprompter to give a speech just try writing some notes and speaking with your brain and maybe your heart like in the good old days but that's just my opinion. it's technology innovations all the developments around. the future are covered. i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report. by ups i have a cause the global great depression they say max i think they may have and i have some evidence here in this headline sent to me on twitter by a g.

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